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Granted Patent B2
US 12,366,726 · App. 17/839,571 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Optical system and image pickup apparatus having the same

Inventor: Shunji Iwamoto (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B9/64G02B27/64G03B5/02
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Patent No.
US 12,366,726
App. No.
17/839,571
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. During image stabilization, the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed. A predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (41)

1. An optical system comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power,

wherein during image stabilization, the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed,

 wherein the third lens unit includes four positive lenses and four negative lenses, and

wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

2.0<| f 1/ f|< 100.0

4.4 <f 2/ f< 100.0

−0.3< f/r 21<0.1

where f is a focal length of the optical system in an in-focus state at infinity, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, and r21 is a radius of curvature of a lens surface closest to an object in the second lens unit.

2. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein part of the third lens unit is moved during focusing.

3. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.0< f 3/ f< 10.0

where f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit in the in-focus state at infinity.

4. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.3< sk/f< 3.0

where sk is a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to an image plane to the image plane in the in-focus state at infinity.

5. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0.5< t 1/ f< 5.0

where t1 is a distance on the optical axis from a lens surface closest to the object of the first lens unit to a lens surface closest to an image plane of the first lens unit.

6. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit includes a negative lens disposed closest to the object.

7. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1.0<| f 11/ f|< 5.0

where f11 is a focal length of a lens disposed closest to the object of the first lens unit.

8. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit includes one positive lens and three negative lenses.

9. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the third lens unit includes four positive lenses and four negative lenses.

10. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists of a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens arranged in order from the object side to the image side.

11. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists of a negative lens and a positive lens arranged in order from the object side to the image side.

12. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit consists of one positive lens.

13. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens unit is fixed during focusing.

14. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit is fixed during focusing.

15. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens unit includes a negative meniscus lens having a convex shape toward the object side and a biconcave lens.

16. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

an optical system; and

an image sensor configured to receive an image formed by the optical system,

wherein the optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power,

wherein during image stabilization, the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and the first lens unit and the third lens unit are fixed,

wherein the third lens unit includes four positive lenses and four negative lenses, and

 wherein the following conditional expressions are satisfied:

2.0<| f 1/ f|< 100.0

4.4 <f 2/ f< 100.0

−0.3< f/r 21<0.1

where f is a focal length of the optical system in an in-focus state at infinity, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, f2 is a focal length of the second lens unit, and r21 is a radius of curvature of a lens surface closest to an object in the second lens unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: IWAMOTO, SHUNJI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060611/0661 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-112065 · Jul 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230010047A1 · Jan 12, 2023
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